Disaster Preparedness for the Health Care Professional

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  • 6 Sequences
  • Introductive Level
  • Starts on May 10, 2015
  • Ends on June 21, 2015

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Syllabus

WEEK 1: Disaster Preparedness: Overview
  • Basic Foundational Concepts of Disaster Preparedness
  • Incident Command System and Leadership at the Unit Level
  • Disaster Communication and Situational Awareness
  • Establishing Personal and Family Preparedness
  • United States Federal Disaster Resources
WEEK 2: Hospital-Based Readiness
  • Hospital Preparedness Overview
  • Creating Surge Capacity (Lifeboat Ethics)
  • Disaster and Mass Casualty Triage
  • Workforce Readiness and Willingness to Respond
  • Disaster Drills
WEEK 3: Terrorism 
  • Active Shooter and Dangerous Persons
  • Terrorism, Bomb Threats, and Other Internal Threats
  • Burn Casualty Management
  • Bomb and Blast Injury Management
WEEK 4: Chemical and Radiation Events
  • Chemical Emergencies
  • Radiation Emergency Management Overview
  • Responding to Radiation Events
  • Use of Personal Protective Equipment
  • Decontamination
WEEK 5: Pandemic Influenza and Emerging Infections
  • Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza 
  • Responding to Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreaks
  • Disease Containment Strategies
  • Protective Equipment for Safety During Infectious Disease Outbreaks
WEEK 6: Natural Disasters
  • Planning for Natural Disasters
  • Activation of the Hospital EOC in Response to Natural Disasters
  • Morbidity and Mortality Related to Natural Disasters
  • Advancing the Science: Current Research Efforts
  • Q and A  "Ask Us Anything"

Prerequisite

None.

Instructors

  • Tener Veenema - Department of Community-Public Health

Editor

Johns Hopkins University (JHU) is a private American university located in Baltimore, Maryland. It also has campuses in Washington, D.C. Bologna, Italy, Singapore and Nanjing, China. It owes its name to Johns Hopkins, a wealthy entrepreneur who bequeathed 7 million dollars to the university on his death.

One of the most prestigious universities in the United States (especially for its faculties of medicine and public health, as well as its school of international affairs), the institution defines itself as the country's leading "research university". At the beginning of its history, it was mainly inspired by the University of Heidelberg and the German educational model of Wilhelm von Humboldt. In 2019, 39 Nobel Prize winners have their names associated with the university.

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Coursera is a digital company offering massive open online course founded by computer teachers Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller Stanford University, located in Mountain View, California. 

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